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Tyrrellite

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Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic
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Formula:
Cu(Co
3+
 
,Ni
3+
 
)
 
2
Se
 
4
Colour:BronzeHardness:3½
Name:Named after Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858-1957), geologist, Geological Survey of Canada


Linnaeite Group and Thiospinel Group

Se analogue of Carrollite

Classification of Tyrrellite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/D.01-140
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.DA.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
A : M:S = 3:4
Dana 8th edition ID:2.10.1.4

2 : SULFIDES
10 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 3:4
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.11.20

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
11 : Sulphides etc. of Ni
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Type Occurrence of Tyrrellite

Type Locality:Eagle group, Eagle shaft area, Melville Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Region, Saskatchewan, Canada
Year of Discovery:1952

Physical Properties of Tyrrellite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Bronze
Hardness (Mohs):3½

Chemical Properties of Tyrrellite

Formula:
Cu(Co
3+
 
,Ni
3+
 
)
 
2
Se
 
4
Essential elements:Cu, Se
All elements listed in formula:Co, Cu, Ni, Se

Relationship of Tyrrellite to other Species

Related to:
  • Thiospinel Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    2.DA.05Bornhardtite
    Co
    2+
     
    		Co
    3+
    2
    		Se
     
    4
    2.DA.05Carrollite
    Cu(Co,Ni)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Cuproiridsite
    (Cu,Fe)Ir
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Cuprorhodsite
    (Cu,Fe)Rh
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Daubréelite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Cr
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Fletcherite
    Cu(Ni,Co)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Florensovite
    (Cu,Zn)Cr
     
    1.5
    		Sb
     
    0.5
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Greigite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Indite
    FeIn
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Kalininite
    ZnCr
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Linnaeite
    Co
    2+
     
    		Co
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Malanite
    Cu(Pt
    3+
     
    		,Ir
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Polydymite
    Ni
    2+
     
    		Ni
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Siegenite
    from CoNi
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    		 to NiCo
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Trüstedtite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Se
     
    4
    2.DA.05Violarite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Ni
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Xingzhongite
    (Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Ferrorhodsite
    (Fe,Cu)(Rh,Ir,Pt)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.05Cadmoindite
    CdIn
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.10Rhodostannite
    Cu
     
    2
    		FeSn
     
    3
    		S
     
    8
    2.DA.10Toyohaite
    Ag
     
    2
    		FeSn
     
    3
    		S
     
    8
    2.DA.15Brezinaite
    Cr
     
    3
    		S
     
    4
    2.DA.15Heideite
    (Fe,Cr)
     
    1.15
    		(Ti,Fe)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    2.Da.15Wilkmanite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Se
     
    4
    2.DA.20Inaglyite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Pb(Ir,Pt)
     
    8
    		S
     
    16
    2.DA.20Konderite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)
     
    8
    		S
     
    16
    2.DA.25Kingstonite
    (Rh,Ir,Pt)
     
    3
    		S
     
    4
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    3.11.1Heazlewoodite
    Ni
     
    3
    		S
     
    2
    3.11.2Godlevskite
    (Ni,Fe)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    3.11.3Millerite
    NiS
    3.11.4Polydymite
    Ni
    2+
     
    		Ni
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    3.11.5Vaesite
    NiS
     
    2
    3.11.6Shandite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Pb
     
    2
    		S
     
    2
    3.11.7Donharrisite
    Ni
     
    8
    		Hg
     
    3
    		S
     
    9
    3.11.8Violarite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Ni
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    3.11.9Pentlandite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    3.11.10Bravoite
    (Fe,Ni)S
     
    2
    3.11.11Siegenite
    from CoNi
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    		 to NiCo
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    3.11.12Fletcherite
    Cu(Ni,Co)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    3.11.13Villamanínite
    (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S
     
    2
    3.11.14Mäkinenite
    γ-NiSe
    3.11.15Sederholmite
    NiSe beta-NiSe
    3.11.16Trüstedtite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Se
     
    4
    3.11.17Wilkmanite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Se
     
    4
    3.11.18Kullerudite
    NiSe
     
    2
    3.11.19Penroseite
    (Ni,Co,Cu)Se
     
    2
    3.11.21Imgreite
    NiTe (?)
    3.11.22Melonite
    NiTe
     
    2
    3.11.23Kitkaite
    NiTeSe
    3.11.24Dienerite
    3.11.25Orcelite
    Ni
     
    5-x
    		As
     
    2
    3.11.26Maucherite
    Ni
     
    11
    		As
     
    8
    3.11.27Nickeline
    NiAs
    3.11.28Rammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    3.11.29Pararammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    3.11.30Nickelskutterudite
    NiAs
     
    2-3
    3.11.31Oregonite
    Ni
     
    2
    		FeAs
     
    2
    3.11.32Westerveldite
    (Fe,Ni,Co)As
    3.11.33Langisite
    (Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
    3.11.34Gersdorffite
    NiAsS
    3.11.35Jolliffeite
    NiAsSe
    3.11.36Breithauptite
    NiSb
    3.11.38Ullmannite
    NiSbS
    3.11.39Willyamite
    (Co,Ni)SbS

    Other Names for Tyrrellite

    Other Languages:
    German:Tyrrellit
    Russian:Тирреллит
    Spanish:Tyrrellita

    Other Information

    Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

    References for Tyrrellite

    Reference List:American Mineralogist (1952): 37: 542-544.

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    Localities for Tyrrellite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Argentina
     
    • La Rioja
    		Paar, W.H. et al (1996) Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, 51, #4, 304-312.
      • Sierra de Umango
        • Sierra de Cacho
    		Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
    Canada
     
    • Saskatchewan
      • Beaverlodge Region
        • Goldfields District
          • Beaverlodge Lake
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
          • Melville Lake
            • Eagle shaft area
    		Can Min 10:787-796; Can Min 10:787-796
        • Lake Athabasca
          • Uranium City
    		Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Central Bohemia Region
    		W. H. Paar, D. Topa, E. Makovický, F. J. Culetto: "Milotaite, PdSbSe, a new palladium mineral, from Předbořice, Czech Republic", The Canadian Mineralogist 43, 689-694 (2005)
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Vysočina Region
        • Nové Město na Moravě
    		Kvaček, M.: Selenides from the deposits of Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia – Part II. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1979, vol. 23, nos. 1-2, s. 15-38. ; Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
    Vavřín, I.: Nové poznatky o selenidech Českého masívu. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 82-89.
        • Rožná deposit
    		Vavřín, I.: Nové poznatky o selenidech Českého masívu. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1994, roč. 2, s. 82-89. ; Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
    Kvaček, M.: Selenides from the deposits of Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia – Part II. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Geologica, 1979, vol. 23, nos. 1-2, s. 15-38.
    Germany
     
    • Bavaria
      • Upper Palatinate
        • Schwandorf
          • Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    Spain
     
    • Castile and Leon
      • León
        • Cármenes
    		Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
    UK
     
    • England
      • Devon
        • South Devon
          • Torquay
    		[Camm, 1995, 71 - "Gold in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon"]
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